The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the U.S. Department of Defense, established in December 2019. Its primary role is to organize, train, and equip space forces to protect U.S. and allied interests in space by ensuring space superiority. The USSF manages space launch operations, satellite operations, space environment surveillance, and satellite defense, and partners with organizations like NASA on space domain awareness and planetary defense. Key areas of focus include missile warning, satellite communications, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services.
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The U.S. Space Force ordered three GPS 3F satellites from Lockheed Martin for $737,000,000.
A Falcon 9 launch carrying a set of Starlink satellites was scheduled from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for 2021-11-12.
Capella Space established relationships in the last year with the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the Space Development Agency.
Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, U.S. Space Force deputy chief of space operations for operations, cyber and nuclear, proposed on 2021-11-03 establishing hotlines with foreign rivals to reduce the risk of an accident or miscalculation in space.
On 2021-11-01 the U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron cataloged a new object alongside Shijian-21 with the international designator 2021-094C.
The U.S. Space Force is launching a program called Orbital Prime to fund commercially developed technologies for orbital operations.
At the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Jason B. Mello led a team of senior scientists and directed an over $500,000,000 per year portfolio researching and developing future technologies for the Air Force and Space Force.
Firefly launched its first Alpha rocket on 2021-09-02 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Amazon expects to complete an initial fit check with ABL early next year for KuiperSat-1 and Kuiper-Sat-2, which Amazon said will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The only known payload for USSF-44 is the TETRA-1 small satellite manufactured by Millennium Space Systems.
The Space Force postponed USSF-44 and USSF-52 from 2021 to 2022 due to payload readiness and range scheduling issues.
USSF-67 is a classified national security mission to geostationary Earth orbit that Space Systems Command awarded to SpaceX under a $332,000,000 contract.
Two U.S. Space Force missions originally scheduled to launch on Falcon Heavy in 2021 were delayed to 2022.
The Korea Positioning System will comprise eight satellites, with three in geosynchronous orbit and five in inclined geosynchronous orbit, that are interoperable with existing GPS satellites managed by the U.S. Space Force.
Astra set a launch window on 2021-10-12 opening on 2021-10-27 for a commercial orbital launch on behalf of the United States Space Force from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska.
The ROK Air Force will perform joint drills with the U.S. Space Force under an 2021-08-27 agreement signed between ROK Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Park In-ho and U.S. Space Force Gen. John W. Raymond at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Hedron a $26,400,000 contract for an initial demonstration of the satellite network.
Series A funding combined with the $26,400,000 Space Force contract will enable Hedron to start rolling out its first orbital plane and transition from proof-of-concept to building and deploying satellites.
Shiyan-10 has raised its perigee to 1,100 km, according to data from the U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron (SPCS).
The contract was announced on 2021-10-22 to provide upgraded Counter Communications System Block 10.2 units at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado, Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, and classified locations overseas.